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I have. He was a terrible person. So it's the exception that proves the rule to be honest.

~20 minutes for incident response is not bad though. I would love to see the post-mortem.

I take Wellbutrin (anti-depressant) and Concerta (stimulant). I have been lucky that these meds have worked really well for me so far with minimal side effects. Some people have to try different medications for a while until they find the one that works for them.

If you mean education and tips for memory and productivity? I don't have a single resource. This is a good place to start learning, and it led me to a bunch of other stuff. She also wrote a book, but I haven't read it. www.youtube.com/@HowtoADHD

It depends on what things you're trying to manage. Medication has been the most effective. But I know that's not available to everybody. Taking care of yourself has huge benefits (no really!). But that often feels like a non-answer to people.

Haha. I had that though too. But it doesn't feel like I forgot. I just wasn't being as observant so I don't have a sense for how often it happened.

I mean that's certainly a possibility. The primary medical treatment is to give you stimulants (Ritalin for me). Sometimes we just back into that on our own.

I'm glad. For the record, depending on your health insurance, they maybe able to give you a diagnosis through their mental health services. Or if you have a licensed therapist, they may be able to give you an assessment.

Thank you for being a part of clearing one of my distractions for today. It's been in my head since yesterday because all of them have happened in the last week. The good thing is that I'm better able to observe, reflect, and then move on from these thoughts. As opposed to them becoming intrusive.

Yep. I've come to recognize that feeling too. That ache in the pit of my stomach. Some of it was I was nervous about consequences if I didn't do it. But that only makes sense if I actually do give a shit!

Anyway, it feels like all of these issues are very prominent these days. More so than they were in the past. I think I'm observing that these issues are much more acute since the pandemic and working from home broke all of my routines and support structures.

This was the message I got growing up. "If you can't remember to do these things, that probably means you don't care". I've learned to turn that voice down. But it has led me astray many times.

It was a huge issue when I became a manager. My day was all scheduled meetings and trying to get things done during the day. It was very hard on me, and I didn't really understand why. I eventually assumed it was because I didn't actually enjoy being a manager.

This is all good advice. Thanks.

Yeah that's a challenge. For me it doesn't feel bad though. I feel better being able to identify the pattern and knowing what to call it. It helps me to *avoid* being too hard on myself. I wish I could give that to other people.

This kind of thing was sort of a non-issue when I was employed as a software engineer. We got to keep weird hours anyway and it didn't matter when I did my actual focus work. But when I was in the office, it would definitely look like I didn't do very much during normal working hours.

I find that I need an association in order to track back to your name. How do we know each other? What do you do? If I can get that, then I'll find the name. But not vice versa.